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implant
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implant
Med anything implanted, esp surgically, such as a tissue graft or hormone
implant [′im‚plant]
(medicine)
A quantity of radioactive material in a suitable container, intended to be embedded in a tissue or tumor for therapeutic purposes.
A tissue graft placed in depth in the body.
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The jawbone is exposed and a mould impression taken from which the subperiosteal implant is created and placed on top of the jawbone under the gum and fusion takes place between the jawbone and the subperiosteal implant.
Dental Implants - Types by Richard G M Taylor / Food/cooking/nutrition community
The procedure for placing a subperiosteal implant now involves surgery to take an impression of the jawbone, construction of the implant framework and then a second surgery to implant it.
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